Republic of Raoul

REPUBLIC OF RAOUL

President Terry Dell,
Absolute Ruler, President-for-Life,
and Supreme Commander.

The flag of Raoul Island

News from Raoul

(17th March 2006) ERUPTION SHOCKS RAOUL, KILLS FOUR, RUINS WATER SUPPLY.

Raoul's ever-rumbling volcano erupted again today, at shortly after 8 a.m. It is the first major eruption since the serious 1964 one.

Four people are reported lost: one foreigner (a New Zealand technician), and three slaves who were on labour detail near the lake.

The Green Lake crater burst out with the short eruption, and the polluted water ran into the fresh water supply at Blue Lake. This has caused the public water supply to be contaminated and turned off. All citizens are urged to conserve water and not turn on taps at all, as the outflow from taps is very acidic and if used from showers for instance will cause chemical burns. The government is taking urgent steps to import water from nearby islands. Photo of the 1964 eruption.

(1st June 2013) THE STRANGE TALE OF RAOUL'S BATTLESHIP.

Being a small maritime country, the Raoul Government decided to buy a battleship for defence. After getting quotes, it transpired that it would cost forty-nine billion dollars, a sum that could not be covered despite prodigious sales of postage stamps.

The solution was decided: to print a fifty-billion-dollar banknote, and pay with that. The banknote shows the battleship. The battleship only cost $49 billion, so we got $1 billion in change. That was enough to pay the fuel bill for the ship for its first seventeen years of cruising round the Pacific.

The stamp was also shown on a Raoul postage stamp, and remains in service. More about Raoul banknotes.

(21st May 2001) C. G. MURGATROYD'S DEATH SHOCKS RAOUL.

Envoy Murgatroyd, widely respected as the genius behind Raoul's rise from obscurity, died today. The popular crusader became Special Envoy to Mistress Aveline, and travelled the world, where he met many Fifth World leaders and was acclaimed by the ICIS for his diplomacy and peacemaking. Tributes are rolling in from around the world, and Mistress Aveline has decreed a public day of mourning to be observed tomorrow, 22nd May. The funeral will take place on Friday. More about Murgatroyd.

(8th June 2002) RARE PLANT HONORED ON NEW RAOUL STAMP.

The Kermadec Koromiko, thought to be extinct until rediscovered in 1983, has been honored by featuring on the new 75 cent stamp issued by the Raoul Post Office today. View the stamp Read a report on the discovery Order some stamps

(26th September 1998) STAMPS NOW BOTTOM LEFT IN RAOUL.

In accordance with the desires of Mistress Aveline, Absolute Ruler, President-for-Life, and Supreme Commander, the Raoul Post Office has created a new regulation. All stamps on Raoul mail are to be placed on the bottom left hand corner of envelopes, instead of the traditional top right. This will show the world that we will no longer be happy to follow their standards just to keep up with tradition.

Please make sure that this information is passed on to the slaves that handle the correspondence for each household.

The Raoul Post Office also wants it to be known that to commemorate slave hunting as the new national sport of the slave republic of Raoul, the Post Office has issued a new stamp. It is 60 cents, blood-red in color, and printed by letterpress on white gloss paper, and is perf 12. This stamp, like all new stamps of the Republic of Raoul, celebrates the government's policy of total Female domination. (ends)

(22nd September 1998) RAOUL JOLTED.

Raoul citizens had a surprise awakening when a tremor shook houses and dungeons, and caused some crockery to smash today at 5.17 a.m.

"The earthquake measured 4.6 on the internationally-recognised Richter scale, and had its epicentre 67 kilometres west nor'west of Raoul," said Madam Bettina, director of the seismological bureau in Fleetwood's ritzy Amelia Earhardt Drive.

The government released a statement reporting that there were no injuries in the quake, and assured citizens that there is no cause for alarm. However, slaves should continue to live in fear. (ends)
To view the stamp featuring Madam Bettina, please click here.

(5th June 2000) RAOUL HONORS TUI TUI, A CLOSE ALLY.

The Republic of Raoul plans a special commemorative stamp, as well as festive banquetting, to honor the Archipelago of Tui Tui, a Fifth World country with whom we are on excellent terms.

"The special commemorative stamp depicts Envoy Murgatroyd of Raoul with Co-Tyee Dogfish, esteemed joint-ruler of Tui Tui," said Madam Griselda, Minister of Internal Affairs, at a press conference in her office in Fleetwood's ritzy Pankhurst Street, today. The photograph of the pair was taken on the occasion of the Envoy's visit to Tui Tui recently, and features the Co-Tyee brandishing a postal datestamp, about to cancel a souvenir cover to mark the visit.

The government encourages good relations with all Fifth World lands, and has struck a special rapport with the Archipelago. Arrangements are under way for a State Visit to Raoul by Co-Tyees Dragonfly and Dogfish in the future. (ends)

Click here to read the special report on the Chadpex Stamp Exhibition, in Occussi-Ambeno.